Second pack of MkIID Tankbuster Hurricanes

'Our John', beleived to have been flown as part of 6 Sqn,Tunisia 1942


U/HV663, 6 Sqn RAF Tunisia 1942


H-BP287, 7 Sqn SAAF, Africa 1943


MN-U,LO345, 60 Sqn Asia 1943


Also included is a desert scheme in both A and B patterns with roundels and tail flash only, also a brown/green scheme with SAAF roundels and tail flash, also a SEAC with the same.

All will also fit the MkIIC but will not show tropical filter or pods.

Many thx to Friendly Flyer for the awesome (slightly altered) template.

Uploaded here http://www.flying-legends.net/php/downloads/download.php?id=7105 and at M4T here http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=Downloads2&file=details&id=4106

Thanks.

Nice one Kris!

Remarkable how well the camo works on the SAAF bird!

GJ Chris, well done that man!

Historically, did this plane fly solo.... or was it usually always in formation with other MkIIDs ??? I know it was assembled in the field, out of necessity for a tank buster, via parts and what have you.... This would explain why I think any given base had these in a small quantity....


TS

300 MkIID's made, also 40mm Cannons fitted to the MkIV, increasing numbers.

MkIID Flown mainly in the MTO and Far East, however 3 Sqn's were based in the UK and some used during the Invasion of Europe.

I plane to do a 'European' pack as well at some point.

Thanks Chris!

Ming

I know, I know, I know!

That does not answer my question my friend...
I just want to know the nature of their sorties... Were they in pairs, or did they often do solo missions... I figure since they were fairly slugglish when flying, maybe they flew solo... or were launched on target groups in waves or bursts...

anyone know??

TS

Sorry, misunderstood the question

Nice skins, and they work on existing flyable models of the Hurricane (IIB, IIC, etc.) too.

It's a good question and my guess would be that they operated in small groups-probably 2 to 4. They were very slow so they dived on their target to build up speed, and fired their twin Brownings to get on target then popped off a couple of shells which, if on target, was enough to kill almost anything. The recoil was so great they were sent off their aim immediately so had to hit with the first couple of rounds or miss completely.

It would be good to see some photos of them in operation but I can't see them operating solo or in large formations to be honest.

Tigersharky,
Just for info I have found a photo of a flight of 4 MkIID's of 6 Sqn flying as a flight, I can see the Sqn codes on all and the serials on 3 so I will do a flight pack.